Instructional Innovation
Blackboard
SPRING 2012 Blackboard Bulletin [PDF]
Blackboard training opportunities for February 2012 through April 2012.
Films on Demand, a streaming academic video service, has over 8,000 films that cover a wide variety of subjects. These videos can be linked or embedded into Blackboard courses and can be found by doing a search in the library catalog. Please see the following guides for faculty and student help, or contact Brittany Osika with questions, brittany.osika@icc.edu
Faculty guide: http://bit.ly/pHyKWK
Student Guide: http://bit.ly/oCiph1
1.) Getting Started Guides
- Semester Checklist (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
- Course Setup (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
- Course Environment [PDF]
- Updating Personal Information [PDF]
- Course Content [PDF]
2.) Student Engagement Guides
- Blogs & Journals [PDF]
- Discussion Boards [PDF]
- Wikis [PDF]
- Notifications, Alerts, & Messaging (NEW FA '11)[PDF]
3.) Assessment Guides
- Assessment & Evaluation [PDF]
- Tests, Surveys & Pools [PDF]
- Assignments (including Safe Assign) [PDF]
- Tips for Creating Online Tests [PDF]
- Adaptive Release (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
- Reviewing Test Results (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
4.) Grade Center Guides
- Starting Out with Grade Center [PDF]
- Creating Calculated Columns (weighting grades) [PDF]
- Starting a New Semester (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
- Navigating & Grading (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
5.) Course Management Guides
- User Management [PDF]
- Group Management (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
- Archive and Bulk Delete (Recycle)[PDF]
- Managing Files & Content (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
- Customization (NEW FA '11) [PDF]
1.) Getting Started [PDF]
2.) Tests & Assignments [PDF]
3.) Discussion Boards, Blogs, Wikis & Journals [PDF]
4.) Notifications & Alerts [PDF]
Batch Enroll: Request Batch Enrollment
Requests will be processed in an order-received basis within 48 hrs. Mon. through Fri. We cannot honor special requests, such as processing enrollments on a specific day or after a specific date. Questions?
Contact the TLC at tlc@icc.edu or (309) 694-8908.
Visit the Blackboard Troubleshooting page
for solutions.
- Discussion board file attachments
(updated 8/2011) - Windows security dialog box
- Pasting into Bb from MS Word
- Special characters in File Names
For Student assistance with using Blackboard, visit the Learning Lab, East Peoria 236A, Cedar 136 at ICC North, or Perely 112 at the Downtown Peoria campus.
For Student assistance with Blackboard technical problems contact the professor teaching the course or contact the ICC Help Desk: email:helpdesk@icc.edu
phone: (309) 694-5457
For Faculty assistance with Blackboard, contact the Teaching & Learning Center Staff or contact the ICC Help Desk.
